Thursday, October 7, 2010

Review (& Giveaway!): Nathan Clark George

My boys have been taking guitar lessons this year and are really enjoying it thus far. I realized that when we are doing our schoolwork in the morning, it would be the perfect time to introduce some new guitar music to make them stop and think Wow, I want to keep practicing so I can sound really good like that guy!

The problem is that it's hard to find guitar music that is:

1.) acoustic,

2.) pleasant to the ears, and

3.) not glorifying things that I'd rather my boys not think about right now (things like girls,drinking and other stuff that would make them turn red).

When Patsy asked me to review her husband Nathan's CD, I was skeptical at first. I can be a bit nit-picky when it comes to musical things. After listening to his Little Trees song, however, I knew that I should introduce his music to my boys!

I {heart} "Little Trees"-- there's something about the words and tune that make me think of childhood and boys growing into young men. (Go here to listen to Little Trees, scroll down to the song on the left sidebar.)

My boys like "The Devil Ain't Lazy". What can I say? It's catchy, interactive and fun to sing along with!

Nathan Clark George also has an incredible gift of putting Scripture to song. His Rise in the Darkness CD includes passages from Habakkuk 3, Psalm 127, Galations 6, and Psalm 121. While this does not appeal to my boys as much as his Pull Up a Chair CD, it does appeal to ME. God's Word is so full of beauty and poetry!

Franklin Springs also made a documentary about Nathan and Patsy's life on the road, traveling the country in an RV with their 5 young children. This DVD also includes a full length concert.

That's so funny!! I just got our Samaritan Ministries newsletter this week and NCG was featured! I went to his website and listened to some samples. What an amazing ministry of music he has - his family as well! Sign me up for this giveaway! :)

Could I write any more sentences that end in exclamation marks?! :)texastolivers (at) gmail (dot) com

Hi Marsha! Great post. So your boys are Western Swing fans, eh? Fun stuff! A book?! Thanks for the vote of confidence! I think I'll call it 'Consistently Inconsistent Homeschooling, On the Road and Otherwise'. ;)